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BPOA 02, 1900 (P340553)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 109358A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) ziz2 gur
3. i3-dub a-sza3 iri-ul
4. ki ur-mes szabra-ta
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
seal 1
1. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ka-sa6 kuruszda

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 2, 1900

[Ozaki2006BPOA2] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part Two. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 2. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 109358A
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.04.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 15:00:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:59:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-27 at 19:44:22	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 20:56:10	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (068629) (068629)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004883 (composite) (P457593)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1900 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P340553.

BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry (No. P340553). (2006, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340553

BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340553 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

@misc{2006BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {oct 5},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340553},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/10/5/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P340553
LB  - CDLI:P340553
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340553
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BPOA 02, 1900 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P340553.

BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry (No. P340553). (2006, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P340553

BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P340553 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

@misc{2006BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {oct 5},
	title = {BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P340553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P340553},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/10/5/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P340553
LB  - CDLI:P340553
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - BPOA 02, 1900 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P340553
ER  -